Baath leadership expels Khaddam for his remarks
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 1/2/2006

The National Leadership in Syria of the Baath Arab Socialist party decided on Sunday to expel the country's former Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam from the party considering him as a "traitor" to the party and Syria, saying he has deviated from the party principles, values, and struggle traditions.

In a statement to the leadership commenting on Kahaddam's interview with the Arab satellite channel al-Arabia, the national leadership depicted him as the "joiner to the chorus of those hostile to Syria" pointing out that "he is tied by that to the US - Israeli scheme to strike Syria's steadfastness."

"At this time Khaddam went out via Al-Arabiyah channel to join the anti-Syria chorus which found in him their aspired goal to recruit him, as to offer his services to their hostile schemes against his homeland and his proud people. Kahddam embodied by that his flagrant and clear joining to the US - Israeli scheme that aims at striking Syria's steadfastness and foiling her pan-Arab role as well preventing hostile schemes of hegemony and serving the Israeli interests that are to impose control on the region," the statement said.

The statement added "Kahddam has chosen to unveil his true face regarding his party and his homeland, Syria, when he found himself outside the authority and without responsibility in the party and the state."

"This comes after he has become a hinder and an obstructer to the reform and modernization process. This is what his practices in the party and power have shown at the Tenth regional congress of the party that were condemned and rejected by the conference," the statement said.

It added that "he had chosen by the traitor step he made, and what he announced of false accusations and sayings against Syria, to make a paid cheap service to those who recruited themselves and their forces to accuse Syria of Hariri killing."

The statement said "this was but a desperate bid from Khaddam to salvage the two reports of Detlev Mehils and give them a boost as to escalate pressure on Syria by making a false and fabricated testimony against his country Syria and her proud Arab people who are divorced from this defector and deserter."

The statement said that "Kahddam has uncovered the mistake and opportunism of his membership in the Baath party after he made use of it for four decades. This shouldered him responsibility for the big part of accumulated mistakes in Lebanon due to his behavior and stances that often were personal faults and deviations that he is now trying to deny."

"Kahddam has betrayed his homeland and nation, and his fabrications and false accusations came as a clear and flagrant denial to national and pan-Arab values consolidated in life of the Syrian Arab people who reject and deny those and their void claims as well what they constitute of mines in the country body," it added.

The statement spoke of " the Syrian peoples anger and denunciation of Khaddam's false accusations of keening on democracy and eradicating poverty" adding " the people know well that he is one of the main headlines of the corruption."

The national leadership of the Baath party said "the party would remain faithful to principals and aims, as it will be committed to Syria's national principals, and will constitute a defender of Syria's rights and pan-Arab interests. Renegades and degraded persons will not pose an obstacle on the struggle road to continue the party process as to reach at its aims. History, nation and people will not be merciful to those who sold out the trust," it concluded.

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